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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis General Library, Dept. of Special Collections
Title: Nursery and Seed Ephemera Collection
Creator:
University of California, Davis. Library.
Identifier/Call Number: O-042
Physical Description:
6 linear feet
Date (inclusive): ca. 1910-2000
Abstract: The Nursery and Seed Ephemera Collection began when the Department of Special Collections conducted a thorough review of the
Nursery and Seed Catalog Collection. For the purposes of this collection, nursery and/or seed ephemera is promotional literature,
plant or seed listings without ordering information, or catalogs for garden supplies other than plants or seeds.
Physical Location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
The Nursery and Seed Ephemera Collection began when the Department of Special Collections conducted a thorough review of the
Nursery and Seed Catalog Collection. Many of the items in that collection did not seem to fall within the scope of that collection:
items with no ordering information were better classified as promotional or trade literature; and some of the catalogs were
for garden supplies, not seeds.
For the purposes of this collection, nursery and/or seed ephemera is promotional literature, plant or seed listings without
ordering information, or catalogs for garden supplies other than plants or seeds. These items can be a single sheet, a pamphlet
or a bound volume. The collection covers companies located world-wide, though the bulk of the material is from the United
States. The dates range from approximately 1910 to 2000.
The following collections at Special Collections are closely related to the Nursery and Seed Ephemera Collection:
O-009, Nursery and Seed Catalog Collection: This collection includes nursery and seed catalogs from the United States dating
from 1856-present.
O-041, International Nursery and Seed Catalog Collection: This collection includes nursery and seed catalogs from countries
other than the United States.
Collection is open for research.
Liz Phillips, Manuscript Archivist, processed the collection and created the finding aid with the help of student assistants
Kelley Liang and Ana Rodriguez.
[Identification of item], Nursery and Seed Ephemera Collection, O-042, Department of Special Collections, University Library,
University of California, Davis.
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission
to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to
include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Nurseries (Horticulture)--Advertising.
Gardening--Advertising.
Seeds--Advertising.
University of California, Davis. Library.